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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Two little girls kneel before an altar that is holding statues and a creche. |
| Date: | 08 17 1955 |
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| Description: | Bronze crucifix, wall mosaic of religious symbols, and altar in St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church, 5460 Mary Lake Road. |
| Date: | 08 07 1950 |
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| Description: | The Most Rev. William P. O'Connor, Bishop of the Madison Catholic Diocese, is shown at the microphone as he leads prayers for peace at the annual Catholic ... |
| Date: | 12 02 1950 |
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| Description: | Rabbi Max A. Lipshitz (left) and sexton Abraham Gazevitz observe a display of books and symbols in the lobby of Beth Israel center that will be on display ... |
| Date: | 12 09 1950 |
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| Description: | Nativity figurines are placed in a naturally formed snow cave outside a courtyard window of the St. Mary's Hospital kitchen. |
| Date: | 10 24 1951 |
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| Description: | Mass is celebrated on the stage of the high school auditorium for Edgewood's 70th anniversary. |
| Date: | 12 21 1951 |
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| Description: | Outdoor nativity scene, displayed in front of a board fence. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | A refugee from Tibet, photographed by journalist Cecil Brown in Sikkim, India, shortly after the Dalai Lama and his followers fled from their country. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Shrine for police officers in Cuba one year after the Cuban Revolution. The shrine is a blue plaster enclosure with a white-framed glass door. Inside is a... |
| Date: | 04 07 1954 |
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| Description: | Mrs. S.B. (Cecile) Schein, one of Madison's most outstanding women leaders in Jewish activities, was honored at a meeting of the B'nai B'rith Women at the ... |
| Date: | 10 15 1954 |
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| Description: | Four-year-old Tania Thousand lights a candle in front of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Green Scapula in the temporary chapel of Immaculate Heart of Mary Pa... |
| Date: | 12 05 1955 |
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| Description: | A group of nine children carol at the Nativity crib erected near the Wisconsin State Capitol's State Street entrance by the Madison Deanery Council of Cath... |
| Date: | 01 30 1956 |
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| Description: | President Dick Caswell, and last year's president Nancy Thielen, members of the youth fellowship at First Baptist church, plan four consecutive days of you... |
| Date: | 04 23 1957 |
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| Description: | The focal point of decorations at the speaker's table for the Catholic Woman's Club banquet was a large picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Admiring the pict... |
| Date: | 06 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Bishop William P. O'Connor shows off his chapel at his residence on Lake Mendota at Fox Point. The two ladies will be assisting with hospitality at an open... |
| Date: | 10 13 1959 |
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| Description: | Two men in clerical collars (and one wearing a biretta, cross, cassock, and cincture) examining a monstrance held by a woman. Several clerical vestments ar... |
| Date: | 03 24 1959 |
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| Description: | During a ceremony to bless the altar in the newly built St. Bernard's Catholic Church on University Avenue in Middleton, Bishop William O'Conner seals a pi... |
| Date: | 05 22 1957 |
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| Description: | Reverend James Michael, holding a Bible and standing in front of a large crucifix, in the chancel of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church located at 5201 Old Middl... |
| Date: | 04 06 1958 |
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| Description: | A cross at night at top of unidentified Christian church. The cross is illuminated by lamps with the moon shining through the clouds behind. |
| Date: | 06 17 1958 |
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| Description: | A decorative art piece depicting the Hindu god, Shiva, stands on a bookcase in the home of Agatha Fowlkes on Cambridge Road. |
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